A. The Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund shall be maintained and allowed to continue to grow in both principal and interest.
B. The City Council shall cause the Fund to be properly invested and the income therefrom shall be devoted exclusively to the permanent maintenance or perpetual care of the city’s Zion Memorial Park Cemetery and as hereinafter provided.
C. The obligation to be assumed by the city under the provisions of this section is to expend the income from the Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund in the care, maintenance and beautification of the cemetery and all lots or graves therein as far as the income from the Fund shall justify or permit, and in the following manner and no other: in the irrigation of the lots; in keeping the graves green and properly mowed; in reseeding the grass when necessary; in trimming and pruning the trees and the flowers and shrubbery permitted to be grown on the lots under the terms of this chapter; in filling in and keeping up the general level of the graves as may cave in or sink; and in keeping in good working order and repair, and renewing when worn out, the water pipes and hydrants now or hereafter installed in the cemetery. The city shall not use any of the revenue derived from the Fund to dig any graves, erect or repair any tombstones or monuments, repair any fences or other enclosures, or place or replace any flowers or shrubs which are killed or die through no fault of the city or its agents.
D. Amounts to be taken from the cemetery rates or charges and placed in the Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund shall be set by resolution of the City Council.
(Am. Ord. 1395, passed 3-5-2014)